Why does fake news matter NOW?

[SassyIrishLass]

Fake news: Yet another stupid thing someone made up to use as a deflection

 

[OldLady]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

You mean at the debate where she didn't know her role? GRANTED most of our "debates" are bullshit

WTF are you talking about, she didn't know her role? You best not go there, boy.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

Who's claiming that fake news beat Hillary Clinton?

 

[saveliberty]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

At some point in election season, conservative voters united behind the idea media was untruthful. Hillary being such a poor candidate, fake news and the damage the left could do with one or more Supreme Court Justices sealed the deal.

 

[TNHarley]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

You mean at the debate where she didn't know her role? GRANTED most of our "debates" are bullshit

WTF are you talking about, she didn't know her role? You best not go there, boy.

A debate moderator doesn't debate, lady.

 

[aaronleland]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

No, the conservatives were upset because Kelly was trying to create controversy just for ratings. The questions she asked had nothing to do with policies or the presidency. She decided she wanted to be Howard Stern instead of a Fox reporter.

Trump's response was the only reason that question gained a second of media attention.

 

[Eaglewings]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

So is it real news if Trump tweeds about it?

1. Let’s start with candidate Trump’s very own Twitter account where, just days before the election he tweeted out this inflammatory bit: “Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton.” No proof that was happening, and all three sites, in fact, had plenty of stories about the FBI’s probe into Clinton’s emails. But that didn’t stop the tweeted ”news alert” from taking on a life of its own, quickly being retweeted by 25,000 other twitterers and being “liked” 50,000 times.

Our top ten "fake news'' stories of the 2016 Election

 

[TNHarley]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

So is it real news if Trump tweeds about it?

1. Let’s start with candidate Trump’s very own Twitter account where, just days before the election he tweeted out this inflammatory bit: “Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton.” No proof that was happening, and all three sites, in fact, had plenty of stories about the FBI’s probe into Clinton’s emails. But that didn’t stop the tweeted ”news alert” from taking on a life of its own, quickly being retweeted by 25,000 other twitterers and being “liked” 50,000 times.

Our top ten "fake news'' stories of the 2016 Election

Lol, is that some sort of "gotcha?"

 

[OldLady]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

You mean at the debate where she didn't know her role? GRANTED most of our "debates" are bullshit

WTF are you talking about, she didn't know her role? You best not go there, boy.

A debate moderator doesn't debate, lady.

Megyn Kelly asked a question backed up with factual statements. She wasn't debating.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Fake news: Yet another stupid thing someone made up to use as a deflection

lol, so you believe there's no such thing as fake news?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

Who's claiming that fake news beat Hillary Clinton?

Well then based on that response, we can assume the answer is what? No one is claiming it?

Let me ask you people this. We saw tons of fake stories about Hillary Clinton's imaginary deadly diseases.
Were those stories just for the fun of it, or were they designed to work against her?

 

[jknowgood]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

 

[TNHarley]

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

You mean at the debate where she didn't know her role? GRANTED most of our "debates" are bullshit

WTF are you talking about, she didn't know her role? You best not go there, boy.

A debate moderator doesn't debate, lady.

Megyn Kelly asked a question backed up with factual statements. She wasn't debating.

Lol then you didn't watch the debate. Or don't understand what moderators are actually supposed to do.
A moderator is only supposed to ask questions, keep participants on subject and monitor discussion times. They are also supposed to be neutral and she clearly wasn't.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

I know, CNN's been around for how many years now?

 

[TNHarley]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

Who's claiming that fake news beat Hillary Clinton?

Well then based on that response, we can assume the answer is what? No one is claiming it?

Let me ask you people this. We saw tons of fake stories about Hillary Clinton's imaginary deadly diseases.
Were those stories just for the fun of it, or were they designed to work against her?

Because you are stupid and your post was funny. Clinton blames it FFS. Some of you bedwetters have. Some news outlets. Obama blamed Fox.
"lives are at risk" because of fake news

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Because its your marching orders. That's the only fucking reason. You idiots blame fake news for Clinton losing when we have had fake news forever. Never occurs to you that she was absolutely fucking terrible. Lost to Trump FFS.
You people really need to face reality.

Who's claiming that fake news beat Hillary Clinton?

Well then based on that response, we can assume the answer is what? No one is claiming it?

Let me ask you people this. We saw tons of fake stories about Hillary Clinton's imaginary deadly diseases.
Were those stories just for the fun of it, or were they designed to work against her?

If somebody is not being honest about their medical condition, it leaves people no choice but to guess.

Now it seems that it wasn't a medical condition at all. The woman is just a drunk.

 

[easyt65]

'Why does fake news matter NOW?'

The (liberal) sources that have been squealing about 'Fake News' are the ones who were engaged in creating and reporting 'fake news', the ones who created the term, and are the ones who did so partly so they could use it as a response to factual information that paints them in a negative light in a discussion in an attempt to discredit it - all of it, anything they don't like. From now on you will hear snowflakes parrot and shriek the term 'Fake News' like a battle cry in every discussion.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The right invented the idea of "fake news". Only they called it "the liberal media". Many of them didn't even think Trump would win. They spent months blaming "the liberal media" for his potential loss.

That's because the liberal media is fake news, however the DNC propagandists coined the term "fake news" rather than acknowledge their own bullshit and attempt to label everything except leftist propaganda as "fake news".

You're spot on about the rest. Right up until the last 2 weeks I was sure hitlery was on the way in.

The relief that she isn't is tangible.

Much of the media is liberal, but it's not always fake. I've seen people on this very board dismiss stories as "liberal media bias" because the media repeated exactly what someone on the right actually said. Hell, they threw Fox News under the bus because Megyn Kelly questioned Trump on things that actually came out of his mouth.

No, the conservatives were upset because Kelly was trying to create controversy just for ratings. The questions she asked had nothing to do with policies or the presidency. She decided she wanted to be Howard Stern instead of a Fox reporter.

Trump's response was the only reason that question gained a second of media attention.

What are you talking about? It was one of the highest rated debates in history. Kelly was looking out for herself and nobody else. She never cared for Trump to begin with, but she seen an opportunity to make a real name for herself. She thought her audience would support her, but in fact, they turned against her and made her look like a fool.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

'Why does fake news matter NOW?'

The (liberal) sources that have been squealing about 'Fake News' are the ones who were engaged in creating and reporting 'fake news', the ones who created the term, and are the ones who did so partly so they could use it as a response to factual information that paints them in a negative light in a discussion in an attempt to discredit it - all of it, anything they don't like. From now on you will hear snowflakes parrot and shriek the term 'Fake News' like a battle cry in every discussion.

They have been for many years, it's just they didn't have a term for it. Prior to this fake news BS, they just used Fox, Hannity, Limbaugh as their defense. Now they have it all rolled up into one convenient term--fake news.

Either way, it's just a failed attempt to discredit anything outside of MSM.

 

[Fenton Lum]

Is there even a consensus on what fake news actually is? Or are you bedwetters going to rape the meanings of those words, too? You know, just throw them around like its nothing?

It is a form of voluntary participation in corporate state censorship. On the other hand, coherent and would be coherent citizens would do well to seek out sources of information that have nothing to do with the american media machine.